"Jonathan, it's so early..." I groan into the small mic attached to my phone.
"Please? It can be short. I just have a surprise."
I pull my blanket over my head with my eyes still closed. "For me or chat? Seriously, can we do it later? At least a few hours. It's literally five."
"Sorry, I'm just excited. It's for both. You'll be excited too once you hear it, I'm sure."
I rub my eyes and blink a few times before responding. "Okay, I'll get ready then. Can we do it at twelve? Or even one."
"Okay, just tell me as soon as you're ready. I don't want to have to wait any longer than I need to."
He sounds impatient, and knowing Jonathan, this means his surprise is really good. He's mostly chill and sort of quiet, but when he gets excited about something, he gets excited.
I nod even though he can't see me. "Sure."
He seems satisfied because he ends the call and sends me a thumbs up.
I roll out of my bed and push Sushi over so she doesn't fall on the floor.
I walk past the living room and into the kitchen, realising that half of Joey's sandwich from yesterday is still on the counter, re-wrapped after he ate the other side. After warming it up in the microwave, I eat it, because I remember how Joey never bit off of the side, the germaphobe that he is.
Sushi comes and curls up on my lap, and I pat the top of her head. "What do you think the surprise is, Sushi?" I chew on the sandwich, and Sushi yawns in response.
After a few hours of getting ready, Jonathan sends me another message.
Jonathan
Jonathan
Yore r u ready????
YourName
Yea give me a sec just wait in vc
Jonathan sends me another thumbs up. I join the vc and only see Jonathan's profile, so I assume he's the only one on the call.
"Hello?" I mutter, unsure if I'm talking to myself since Jonathan is quiet. I hear his creaky chair spin and assume he wasn't paying attention to the screen when I joined.
"Yore!!" He shouts energetically, clearly excited.
"Yeah? What's up?"
"Okay, so I wanted to discuss this with you before we stream, so I don't accidentally promise anything that I can't actually do."
I'm sort of worried, and he stays silent.
"Go on," I state, a bit louder than intended. He stays quiet a bit longer, presumably contemplating his words carefully.
"Well, I was thinking," He sighs.
"We've been friends for years, Yore. And I don't even know your name, I literally just call you Yore." He speeds up at the end of his sentence, sounding impatient and kind of sad.
"Yeah?"
"And," He draws out the 'N' sound, long enough for him to build up his confidence for the following question.
"I was hoping we could meet up?" The statement sounds like a question, and his voice rises at the end of the sentence.
"Why not?" I laugh.
He sighs loudly in relief, with some sort of high-pitched sound attached to it.
"Thank you so much. I was really worried you would say no because you wouldn't want me to see your face, and I mean that's fine, I just-" He stops. "I just really wanted to see you. Like, actually see you. Like, in real life see you."
"Yeah, I get it."
My head starts racing and suddenly I'm not sure what I'm getting myself into. Jonathan will soon be the second person in my online streamer friend group to see my face, online or in real life, the first being Frankie, who visited me almost a year ago, on my birthday.
It was fine with Frankie, why wouldn't it be with Jonathan?
I don't know...
We start the stream, only a few minutes after the call, and I can barely speak, my head is just a chaotic and confusing mess.
Every once in a while I notice a joke that Mendez makes or an annoying comment that Acey makes, and I can force myself to laugh.
"And guys, we have big news!" Jonathan shouts, quietly, because he doesn't like talking loud.
"Big news? How big?" Mendez laughs.
Acey stays quiet, which is sort of unusual, but I don't care, it's Acey.
Frankie quiets down and looks interested, from what I can see through his face cam on his stream that's pulled up on my second monitor.
"Okay chat, get to a padded area, so if you pass out, you don't die. Because we need you guys alive for views." Mendez laughs, causing a chain reaction in the vc.
"Guys, we are officially announcing the Jonathan-YourName meetup!"
Every person in the entire voice chat starts cheering, even Payatos, Jonathan's little brother, who doesn't usually talk at all.
My chest tightens up and I don't feel like cheering with them. The words bounce off of my head, barely making an impact. I check the chat, wondering what they have to say.
Chat:
CuTeE Pog
Well Jonny boi now she's yores B)
Yournathan?
YoReNaThAn???
Shes yores KEKW
KEKW
The puns make me cringe, but they're still funny. I look around my house, knowing that this might be one of the biggest changes in my life.
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Author's note:
Word count: 940
Very short chapter also I know nobody's reading this but I was too impatient to wait to post so here you go... I'd be super happy if anybody read this so u literally made my day Hope u enjoy if ur even reading and uhh comment if u do bc I have some views but I'm pretty sure they're all just me haha yea ur the greatest and i love u
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